Mapping thought.

I suppose that Megan and Murray McMillan are really mapping their process rather than their thoughts, but in such a way that is distinctly subjective. The careful cutting, cropping, layering, and labeling reveals a thousand tiny decisions and indecisions that ultimately lead to their installations and videos. This is a great example of documentation as art object itself, rather than simply support materials. It reminds me of Matta-Clark's photo documents of his ephemeral or hazardous cutting projects that locate us within the work but destabilize the architecture to suggest (to me) his thoughts on deconstruction and relation between spaces and materials.

Here's a couple of audio clips of an interview with Megan and Murray McMillan about their work and their collaboration.